Patents Assigned to Societe Francaise Du Radiotelephone
  • Patent number: 7970407
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of optimising the capacity of at least one WCDMA type mobile telephony network (RT) to create at least one additional service (MBMS) for which the data flow is predominantly in the downlink direction, the method being characterized in that it includes the following steps: creation of at least one planned traffic map (CT) representing the forecast coverage of the network (RT) and the power necessary to use services, for at least one planned deployment date (DD) for the network (RT); calculation of the power available in each cell (CR) in the network (RT) in the absence of emission diversity and then a step of calculation of the power available in each cell (CR) in the network (RT) in the presence of emission diversity; creation of at least one list of cells for which emission diversity has to be installed as a function of at least a number (N) of transmission channels required for the service (MBMS) for which the flow is predominantly in the downlink direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone
    Inventor: Francois Vincent
  • Patent number: 7953123
    Abstract: The method allows communications means to be listed, for end-to-end broadcasting of information other than that required for managing multimedia sessions. After a selection (52) of communications channels through an infrastructure for managing multimedia sessions, the method provides via the application level, the establishment of a communication specifically using the selected communications channel(s). Purely descriptive/explanatory fields of characteristics of a session may be selected at an application level and used for conveying additional information in addition to the signaling protocol. It is thus possible to change the conditions for consuming/using the multimedia contents or the established flux. Instantaneity of the services and service use conditions may be obtained by requesting for example renegotiation in real time of a service when the conditions of use are modified (iconification of a TV/Video streaming flux in order to reduce the bandwidth used).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone
    Inventors: Christian Bouvier, Jean-Philippe Wary
  • Patent number: 7917134
    Abstract: A method for determining deteriorations in the quality of a mobile or fixed telephony network on a day D (or at any other frequency, for example hour or minute) by implementing one or more items of special equipment in the network, wherein the method implements at least one measurement means and at least one calculation means, characterised in that the method including at least: a stage for selecting (S1) the Usage Messages (MU) (1) corresponding to each call of the day D (2a) or at any other frequency (for example hour or minute); a stage for characterising (S2) groups of UMs corresponding to the callbacks from among the UMs of the calls selected (4); a stage for filtering (S3a) the UMs in order to separate the UMs called “incoming—outgoing” (5), the UMs called “return incoming” (6) and the UMs called “return outgoing” (7); a stage for calculating at least one indicator (S7) by grouping the UMs (15) as a function of several common data fields; a stage for calculating the callback rates for an indicator; a st
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone
    Inventors: Myriam Bailleul, Catherine Vacherot-Sbaldi
  • Patent number: 7725108
    Abstract: A system allowing reuse of one same frequency on all the cells of a network. It includes means storing data characteristic of the network and a computing module provided with means to associate carriers of a transmitter with service areas to distribute the traffic to be handled in the sector over N shares of traffic in N complementary areas determined in relation to their radio attenuation, and a determined frequency with each service area, the different carriers used being respectively associated with a single service area of a sector. With the system it is possible to adjust the transmission power of each carrier in relation to the determination made by the computing module to share the power of transmitter between the carriers of one same sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone
    Inventor: François Vincent
  • Patent number: 7659695
    Abstract: A device associates an enclosing capsule in which will be fitted electronic equipment requiring dehumidification, and a medium-to-low voltage converter to recharge electronic equipment. Heat energy released by the coil in the converter will lead to a free thermal exchange of air between the inside and the outside of the capsule, produced by the natural convection from vent holes located in the lower part of the device through which air will be sucked from the outside and vent holes located in the upper part of the device through which warm air thus produced will escape. The circulation of unsaturated warm air around the electronic equipment has the effect of removing the water molecules on the components by saturating the ambient air in the confinement zone, this air being evacuated through vent holes located in the upper part of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone
    Inventor: Christian Faisy
  • Patent number: 7639986
    Abstract: The system for automatic planning of delays in a network (N) of SFN type comprises: means initiating an OFDM transmission for each radio transmitter (4), inter-symbol delays being provided; a calculation module processing network data and determining figures of populations located in zones with interference; control means and initiation means to delay transmission at each transmitter, with a delay varying between 0 and 1 ms; delay adjustment means linked to the control means for combinations of delays for all transmitters. The module (11) recalculates the figures of populations located in interference zones for successive combinations of delays, and configuration means (13) of the system provide the number of permitted iterations. The optimal combination is obtained when said estimated population figures are minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone
    Inventor: Francois Vincent
  • Patent number: 7623846
    Abstract: To secure the execution of an application on an intelligent mobile telephone, each application is identified by an identifier and a table or rights is associated with each resource on the mobile telephone. Through a table of rights, access rights to the resource can be associated with an application identifier. This makes it possible to manage, for each resource, the applications that are allowed to invoke the resource. Moreover, the rights associated with a resource can only be modified by the owner of the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone
    Inventors: Jean Hybre, Jean-Philippe Wary
  • Publication number: 20090265456
    Abstract: Managing multimedia sessions including surveying anomalies representing illicit uses of a determined signalling protocol, determining reactions in relation to the identified anomaly, collecting all requests exchanged between a client terminal and a proxy server, analysing collected requests for detection of anomalies, through the use of a plurality of indicators each associated with one of the identified anomalies, and in the event of the detection of at least one anomaly, triggering by the proxy server of a reaction corresponding to the detected anomaly, the reaction including real-time action during the communication concerned by the message containing the anomaly. The method therefore allows the real-time detection and filtering of hidden channels utilised in a signalling protocol such as SIP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: SOCIETE FRANCAISE DU RADIOTELEPHONE (SFR)
    Inventors: Christian Bouvier, Jean-Phillipe Wary
  • Patent number: 7543737
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device for recharging a contactless smart card (1) including a recharge kiosk (2) that can have an identifier specific to it and capable of communicating with a contactless smart card (1), a mobile terminal (3) provided with a recharge management program (33) capable of communicating with a recharge server (4) through any type of communication means, means of payment through a communication network and an identity module, and a recharge server (4), characterised in that the mobile terminal (3) includes shape reading means (31) for acquisition of the identifier of the kiosk (2), and its corresponding recharge method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone
    Inventors: Michael Bensimon, Philippe Caloud, Nicolas Prunel
  • Publication number: 20090028314
    Abstract: A system to identify the operator of at least one call number stored in memory in a user terminal, the system including: at least one terminal, a SIM Tool Kit application or software (2) integrated in the user terminal and managing at least one device to send an identification request to identify the operator of at least one call number, and at least one device to receive a reply to the identification request, a platform managing identifications of the operator of at least one call number, this platform including at least one interface to receive requests and one interface to transmit replies, and an identification server linked to C.R.M.D. equipment (Common Remote Mobility Directory), the identification server being the priority interface of the C.R.M.D. equipment, a communication network between the different components of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: SOCIETE FRANCAISE DU RADIOTELEPHONE
    Inventor: Christian Faisy
  • Patent number: 7426331
    Abstract: The method for programming recordings is applied to a recorder device containing a videogram medium and connected to a programming terminal equipment unit located in an area covered by one or more radio cells of a cellular radiotelephony network. The terminal equipment has receiving and reading means capable of receiving text messages transmitted over a broadcast channel of the network and reading concatenation sequences contained in the messages, each containing information data of a programme item from a programme broadcaster. The user selects on an input interface of the recorder device, a type of programme to be recorded which is transformed with a determined format into a recording code, which code is compared with at least one portion of each of the sequences so as to use the recording data and automatically parameterize the recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone
    Inventor: Christian Faisy
  • Publication number: 20080176553
    Abstract: A method for determining deteriorations in the quality of a mobile or fixed telephony network on a day D (or at any other frequency, for example hour or minute) by implementing one or more items of special equipment in the network, wherein the method implements at least one measurement means and at least one calculation means, characterised in that the method including at least: a stage for selecting (S1) the Usage Messages (MU) (1) corresponding to each call of the day D (2a) or at any other frequency (for example hour or minute); a stage for characterising (S2) groups of UMs corresponding to the callbacks from among the UMs of the calls selected (4); a stage for filtering (S3a) the UMs in order to separate the UMs called “incoming-outgoing” (5), the UMs called “return incoming” (6) and the UMs called “return outgoing” (7); a stage for calculating at least one indicator (S7) by grouping the UMs (15) as a function of several common data fields; a stage for calculating the callback rates for an indicator; a st
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: SOCIETE FRANCAISE DU RADIOTELEPHONE (SFR)
    Inventors: Myriam BAILLEUL, Catherine VACHEROT - SBALDI
  • Publication number: 20080162715
    Abstract: To manage the security of the communications coming from and sent to a mobile terminal, these communications including voice communications because the mobile terminals are capable of setting up communications known as voice on IP (VoIP), a local proxy server is installed in a local proxy server. This management is furthermore secured by protection via mechanisms of security of the configuration of the proxy server enabling the management of this security. This security is, by the same read/write mechanisms, managed in a centralized way through a server producing and broadcasting the configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: SOCIETE FRANCAISE DU RADIOTELEPHONE
    Inventor: Jean-Philippe Wary
  • Publication number: 20080137598
    Abstract: The method allows communications means to be listed, for end-to-end broadcasting of information other than that required for managing multimedia sessions. After a selection (52) of communications channels through an infrastructure for managing multimedia sessions, the method provides via the application level, the establishment of a communication specifically using the selected communications channel(s). Purely descriptive/explanatory fields of characteristics of a session may be selected at an application level and used for conveying additional information in addition to the signaling protocol. It is thus possible to change the conditions for consuming/using the multimedia contents or the established flux. Instantaneity of the services and service use conditions may be obtained by requesting for example renegotiation in real time of a service when the conditions of use are modified (iconification of a TV/Video streaming flux in order to reduce the bandwidth used).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: SOCIETE FRANCAISE DU RADIOTELEPHONE (SFR)
    Inventors: Christian Bouvier, Jean-Philippe Wary
  • Patent number: 7386315
    Abstract: The simulation system according to the invention memorizes data representative of results of GPRS transfer quality measurements (11) made on test platform or similar for a variable number of time slots available for GPRS, of at least one quality of service indicator (52), of at least one cell configuration (20) and of traffic volumes for the GSM circuit and GPRS data transfers (51). Said system uses this data to simulate (21) arrivals of GSM circuit calls and GPRS data transfers, and subsequently to calculate a level of GPRS performance achieved for a selected cell configuration (20). With the method of the invention it is possible, by dichotomy, to scale the radio interface of a given cell for a given traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone
    Inventors: Imad Fattouch, Stéphane Parniere
  • Patent number: 7379740
    Abstract: This present invention concerns a method and a system for simulating and optimising the use of resources available in a zone of coverage of a mobile telephone network (RT), characterized, firstly, in that it is implemented by processing resources (10) of at least one resource optimization system (1) and, secondly, in that it includes the following stages determination (50), by an event management module (EM) of the optimization system (1), of a variation, called a disruption, of at least one packet (P) transmission (T) required within the network (RT), from at least one statistical distribution map (CR) held in storage resources (11) of the optimization system (1), and that consists of data representing data packet (P) transmissions (T), selection (52) of a set of cells determining a simulated zone (ZS), by a resource operating-resources control module (CL), and then use of a routing algorithm in order to determine a routing path (CP) in the simulated zone (ZS) and to successively optimize the resources of th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone
    Inventors: Serge Barbosa Da Torre, Rabih Chrabieh, Imad Fattouch
  • Patent number: 7363056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for secured duplication of at least part of the information form a SIM card, by a mobile equipment, at least one operator equipment and at least one communicating object, connected to each other via a wireless telephone network and/or via a wireless local link and further applying the following steps: sending by the mobile equipment to operator equipment, a request for cloning an IMSI associated with its SIM card, authentication by the operator equipment, of the IMSI of the mobile equipment and of the IMEI of the communicating object, then generation of an IMSI clone, recording the data from the SIM card into the storage means of the communicating object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone
    Inventor: Christian Faisy
  • Publication number: 20080091604
    Abstract: To enable services to be proposed in an optimal way on mobile terminals, the method provides for the compartmented provisioning of an electronic service on a user's electronic terminal to at least one provider subscribing to the service, the provider proposing this service to a plurality of consumers through the setting up, in a preliminary step, of a security domain guaranteeing the compartmentation of the service and of a data zone which the service can access, either directly or through a processing of the electronic service, the data zone of the security domain being accessible only through a data access key. In disclosed embodiments, the terminal indexes, in the security domain, the data zone which the service can access in the electronic terminal in sub-zones to guarantee that a request by one consumer among the plurality of consumers can read/write/modify only one predetermined sub-zone associated with the customer who is the sender of the request, either directly or through the electronic service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: SOCIETE FRANCAISE DU RADIOTELEPHONE
    Inventor: Jean-Phillipe Wary
  • Publication number: 20080072296
    Abstract: The method, to establish a secure session between a wireless terminal (10) and an item of equipment (20) interconnected via a network, includes a prior registration step (50) of the terminal (10) with a RI server distributing user rights in encrypted objects (RO), the registration step enabling the server to record identification data (D) of the terminal and to adapt the terminal to conditions of communication with the server, distribution of a secret to be used by the terminal (10) to establish a session, and the sending of user rights to the terminal, the sent user rights containing permissions to access the equipment (20), the method using an authentication system (A), linking with the server distributing user rights, to authenticate the terminal and generate the secret. The authentication mechanisms provided by the OMA DRM V2 standard can therefore be used to authenticate the terminal (10) and deliver a secret to it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: SOCIETE FRANCAISE DU RADIOTELEPHONE
    Inventors: Michael Bensimon, Philipe Caloud
  • Publication number: 20080054844
    Abstract: A device associates an enclosing capsule in which will be fitted electronic equipment requiring dehumidification, and a medium-to-low voltage converter to recharge electronic equipment. Heat energy released by the coil in the converter will lead to a free thermal exchange of air between the inside and the outside of the capsule, produced by the natural convection from vent holes located in the lower part of the device through which air will be sucked from the outside and vent holes located in the upper part of the device through which warm air thus produced will escape. The circulation of unsaturated warm air around the electronic equipment has the effect of removing the water molecules on the components by saturating the ambient air in the confinement zone, this air being evacuated through vent holes located in the upper part of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: SOCIETE FRANCAISE DU RADIOTELEPHONE
    Inventor: Christian Faisy